Runner Runner

Le falta energía. Hay un montón de películas similares, que son más cautivadoras y más imaginativas, y les suelo dar 3 estrellas, porque hasta sin mayores ambiciones, entretienen lo suficiente al menos durante esas dos horas. Runner Runner no me entretuvo. El guión es débil y la química entre los actores floja, de hecho, ni siquiera los actores son adecuados. (04.10.2013)

Normální thriller, který má ale hodně bonusových bodů, díky kterému se posouvá o úroveň výš. Je to především netypicky záporná role Bena Afflecka, jíž se zhostil na výbornou. Já si o Affleckovi totiž narozdíl od mnoha lidí myslím, že není jen výborný režisér, ale i kvalitní herec. Další plusové body představují hláška o Napoleonovi a Elbě, svižných devadesát minut, kdy se divák nenudí a Gemma v roli zrádné "femme fatale". (27.09.2013)

You expect a boring mess with two action figures in the lead and suddenly you get a surprisingly mature thriller without exploding cars and the other instant thriller attractions. With two action figures in the lead. Admittedly, it doesn't quite know if it wants to be a poker movie (up to the first 20 minutes or so), a mafia movie (everything with Affleck), or a corruption crime drama against exotic backdrops, but on the other hand the timing of the dialogue, the pace of the individual scenes, the subtle camera magic, and the directorial confidence is something that isn't a complete given these days. The problem with the film is precisely its ceaselessness, where none of the things one would expect from a crime, thriller, or poker movie are actually present, and it's barely saved by the hideous redneck lumber of Arterton, a farmer’s daughter who finally makes me understand why the whole of Quantum of Solace cost about as much as a minor colony on Pluto – you could even touch her there. And tenderly. (05.01.2014)

A film without higher ambitions. Visually, it is traditionally clean, in an interesting and luxurious setting, with attractive people (Gemma Arterton). One cannot fail to notice the recurring spontaneity of Justin Timberlake – that man has acting talent – and Ben Affleck, who is becoming better the older he gets. It is a run-of-the-mill genre film, but at least it wasn't too long, and occasionally entertaining. (29.12.2013)

I’m no expert on online internet games, I don’t even know how to play that dumb, online poker, so I didn’t get any of the references (but I know they were there), the action at places didn’t make sense, and mainly it’s too slow. I didn’t enjoy it and the fact that Ben enjoyed playing this motherfucker simply doesn’t make it for me. (18.01.2014)